(2020-10-09). World Bank: Up to 150 Million More People Will Live in Extreme Poverty by 2021. mintpressnews.com The convergence of the coronavirus, combined with global conflict and climate change has put the goal of ending global poverty by 2030 virtually out of sight.
(2020-10-09). Colombia Covid Lockdown: Collapse of Healthcare, Social Crisis, Poverty. globalresearch.ca As the confirmed Coronavirus cases in Colombia
(2020-10-09). Pandemic Could Push Up To 150 Million Into 'Extreme Poverty' By 2021. popularresistance.org Amid findings that the combined wealth of the planet's billionaires skyrocketed to $10.2 trillion during the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank warned Wednesday that the public health crisis could cause global extreme poverty to rise for the first time in over two decades and push tens of millions of people into that category by next year. | "Between 88 million and 115 million people could fall back into extreme poverty as a result of the pandemic, with an additional increase of between 23 million and 35 million in 2021, potentially bringing the total number of new people living in extreme poverty to between 11…
(2020-10-08). As Brazil's inequality soars, ruling elite sets racialist trap for the working class. wsws.org The efforts of the pseudo left and bourgeois parties like the PT to divide the working class along racial, gender and national lines feed the growth of fascistic forces.
(2020-10-08). Opposition parties seize power in Kyrgyzstan amid growing geopolitical rivalry in the region. wsws.org The current seizure of power marks the third removal of a sitting president since 1991 in a poverty-stricken country that is dominated by oligarchic politics and geopolitical rivalries.
(2020-10-08). The objective roots of social inequality. wsws.org Desperate efforts are being made to obscure the fact that the unprecedented growth of social inequality, accelerated by the COVID pandemic, is grounded in the very functioning of the capitalist economy.
(2020-10-08). With Nearly 11 Million Americans Unemployed In A Growing Recession, Trump Halts Stimulus Relief Talks. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-10-08). Demanding a Nation That 'Cares for All' Not Just the Wealthy Few, Progressives Unveil People's Charter. commondreams.org "The People's Charter provides folks with something that is outside of [Biden's] politics to vote for." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/peoples_charter_ii.jpg …
(2020-10-08). 'Catastrophic Failure to Tackle Inequality' Left World Unprepared for Pandemic: Global Index. commondreams.org "Millions of people have been pushed into poverty and hunger and there have been countless unnecessary deaths." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12572579301.jpg …
(2020-10-08). 1.3 Million People Filed Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims Last Week. commondreams.org Not providing aid to state and local governments will also cost millions of jobs. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-87228988.jpg …
(2020-10-07). Headlines for October 7, 2020. democracynow.org Stephen Miller Tests Positive for COVID-19 as Top Pentagon Generals Quarantine, Rudy Giuliani Coughs Through TV Interview While Awaiting Coronavirus Test Result, White House Refuses Contact Tracing Help as Trump Puts Residence Staff at Risk of COVID-19, Two Presidential Valets Who Carry Nuclear Launch Codes Test Positive for Coronavirus, Six States Report Record Hospitalizations as U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Nears 211,000, Trump Calls Off Stimulus Talks, Then Reverses Course in Erratic Series of Tweets, Facebook, Twitter Crack Down on Trump's False Claim COVID-19 Is Less Lethal Than Flu, FDA to Require Two Month Sa…
(2020-10-07). Trump Scuttles A Fiscal Stimulus Deal—Again. zcomm.org Trump has already begun moving his political chess pieces to challenge the election and refuse to leave office…
(2020-10-07). Trump Scuttles a Fiscal Stimulus—Again! globalresearch.ca This past week Pelosi and Mnuchin had reportedly been quietly negotiating toward …
(2020-10-07). Trump Scuttles a Fiscal Stimulus Deal…Again! counterpunch.org This past Tuesday, October 6, Trump pulled the plug once again—a second time—on negotiations on a fiscal stimulus between House speaker, Pelosi, and his Treasury Secretary, Steve Mnuchin. This past week Pelosi and Mnuchin had reportedly been quietly negotiating toward a compromise fiscal stimulus package and were making progress while Trump was in the hospital
(2020-10-07). Unemployment Day rally calls for Illinois to reprioritize budget, support working class. liberationnews.org 
The main demand was for Local, State and Federal budgets to defund various war efforts, policing and other wasteful spending and instead invest in safety nets.
(2020-10-07). Chaos in Washington kills hopes for major pre-election stimulus. liberationnews.org 
Donald Trump abruptly called off his administration's participation in negotiations with Congress over a highly-anticipated new pandemic relief bill that has been stalled for months. Talks between Congressional Democrats and Republicans along with senior White House officials had been revived in the days following Trump's COVID diagnosis, but Trump's move yesterday dramatically reverses the situation. …
(2020-10-07). Trump hints at 'standalone' $1,200 stimulus check bill after vowing to halt Covid relief talks with Democrats until November. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump said he would sign a bill approving another round of Covid-19 relief checks if one crossed his desk, apparently backtracking after saying he'd ended stimulus talks with Democrats until after the election. | "[If I sent] a Stand Alone Bill for Stimulus Checks ($1,200), they will go out to our great people IMMEDIATELY. I am ready to sign right now. Are you listening Nancy?" Trump tweeted on Tuesday evening amid a flurry of posts, tagging his own chief of staff Mark Meadows and leadership in both parties. | If I am sent a Stand Alone Bill for Stimulus Checks ($1,200), they will go out to…
(2020-10-07). Trump Halts Talks on New Economic Stimulus. globalresearch.ca At a time of dire economic conditions — worse than during the Great Depression with real unemployment at 26.9% and likely to rise ahead — Republicans and Dems remain at odds over federal aid to jobless Americans, small businesses, states, …
(2020-10-07). Outdated Assumptions Mask True Poverty Rate. cepr.net Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity See article on original site According to the Census Bureau, the poverty rate for the United States was 10.5 percent in 2019, "the lowest since estimates were first released for 1959." What the Census Bureau didn't say is that the poverty measure it uses is still based on 1959 assumptions …
(2020-10-07). Trump breaks off talks on pandemic stimulus bill. wsws.org Trump's announcement is a savage attack on the working class under conditions of a worsening pandemic, a rising tide of permanent layoffs, soaring hunger and tens of millions of looming evictions and home foreclosures.
(2020-10-07). The Real History of Angela Davis and The Shearer Family. sputniknews.com On today's episode of The Backstory host Lee Stranahan covers the media upset about Trump recovery post-COVID, Mayor Bill De Blasio made a video to counter President Trump, by putting his mask on leaving a building, Wisconsin is having new COVID restrictions, and Nancy Pelosi attacked President Trump on "The View" talk show after no stimulus bill.
(2020-10-07). Covid-19 Pandemic Could Push Up to 150 Million Into 'Extreme Poverty' by 2021, World Bank Warns. commondreams.org "Early evidence also suggests that the crisis is poised to increase inequality in much of the world," says the new report. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1207637957_1_0.jpg …
(2020-10-06). How Not To Talk About Obama. counterpunch.org 
Sound materialist analysis (not always satisfying) often adds a little treat at the end. For example, let's take the Barack Obama rules. Instead of saying Barack Obama was a neoliberal President who largely complied with the general trend of the last half-century of consolidating wealth, privatizing industry, and using imperialism and capitalism together to continue
(2020-10-06). Ranks of long-term jobless soar as US unemployment aid dries up. wsws.org Both parties are using mass unemployment and the threat of destitution as a bludgeon to force workers back into unsafe factories and workplaces.
(2020-10-06). Trump Leaves Hospital to Angry Media Reaction. sputniknews.com On today's episode of The Backstory host Lee Stranahan covers; negotiations over stimulus have officially ended, the media upset after President Trump released from the hospital, joint chiefs have quarantined themselves after Coast Guard member tests positive, Eddie Van Halen the legendary guitarist died at 65 from cancer.
(2020-10-06). 'What an Anti-Everybody Agenda Looks Like': AOC Excoriates Trump for Walking Away From Covid-19 Relief Talks. commondreams.org "Millions falling into poverty, millions on the edge of eviction, millions going hungry, millions losing their healthcare and this megalomaniac dime store dictator puts his knee of the neck of a nation." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12289191131.jpg …
